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Artists Sketchbooks
I’m rarely organised enough to get a post out on the first of the month, let alone a few days earlier but this is my February blog post. I have a rather busy February planned so thought I should get my butt in gear. Today I am kicking off a 30 day sketchbook challenge and…
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Rediscovering A Love of Drawing
The past few months have been so busy that I haven’t kept up with my monthly blog. Our new venture Interview Room One has started to get some traction. I have been preparing for a new exhibition. And last month we had an extended vacation in the US. Every time I sat down to write…
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Art Challenges
Art Challenge I thought I’d start 2024 with an art challenge. And my favourite challenge is the Insight Creative 30 day Sketchbook Challenge. What is an Art Challenge? Art Challenges are generally shared projects that have a set timeframe and a series of prompts for artists to work from. They are incredibly popular on social media,…
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Art on the Go
Now that I’m back to bi-monthly commuting for work, my studio time has taken a bit of a hit. Especially when you combine that with the shorter days in the winter. Winter always makes early morning and evening sessions a bit of a challenge. So, I have been playing around with ways that I can…
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Summertime and the Living is Easy
It’s been a while since I posted a blog so apologises if you’re one of my followers. Since starting my monthly newsletter programme I’m finding it a challenge to keep up with social media, blogs, newsletters and website updates. Sadly my website and blog have missed out as a result. But over the next few…
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Timing is Everything
Its been quite a few months since I posted. I have been painting regularly but have been devoting all my free time to the studio so haven’t written any blog updates. As I am in the final stages of completing a mini series of works I thought I’d pause and take a few moments to…
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New Work
A few weeks ago I published a post about some new pieces I was working on which were a diversion from my abstracts. They started out as a bit of a distraction. I was working on a large painting (still unresolved), and after a few hours of painting I needed a break. We’re just about…
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Concertina Books and Muted Tones
So this week another first for me. After trying lino cut I wanted to find something else I hadn’t tried before. I spotted a few posts on Instagram of concertina sketchbooks and thought I’d see what I could do working in a different format. I didn’t have a concertina format sketchbook to hand so thought…
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100 days of Creative Play 11-20
So the act of completing the first 10 days inspired me for the next 10. Trying not to think – to just go with your instincts and make instant decisions was a lot tougher than I expected. But it is exactly what children do when they play. So for the last 10 days I took…
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